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George Washington
“Everyone thought he was crazy but me, and who am I?” David Gordon Green delivered the most astonishing U.S. independent debut of the new millennium, shot in his home state of North Carolina. *George Washington* unfolds in elliptical vignettes centered on a racially diverse group of teenagers who are confronted with responsibility for the first time following a dramatic accident. Growing up in the no-man’s-land between a rail yard and a landfill is bathed in brilliant widescreen images by cinematographer Tim Orr; in acting and narrative, awkward directness meets strong stylization. A marvel of contrasts: The mysterious blend of the ridiculous and the sublime creates a disarming magic whose naive power differed radically from the usual patterns of “independent” hit films from Sundance. When it was released, probably no one would have believed that its creator would eventually establish himself in Hollywood and “inherit” the Halloween film series as a director. (C.H.)